Hemorrhagic Pericardial Cyst Complicated with Constrictive Pericarditis

Pericardial cysts are rare abnormalities and are usually asymptomatic. Although several case reports on their diagnosis and treatment have been published, those on hemorrhagic pericardial cysts remain limited. We herein report the case of a 70-year-old man with a hemorrhagic pericardial cyst complic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2018/12/15, Vol.57(24), pp.3565-3568
Hauptverfasser:	Oguri, Mitsutoshi, Ohguchi, Shiou, Takahara, Kunihiko, Kawamura, Yoshihiro, Yokoi, Yuki, Izumi, Kazuhiro, Fujita, Takashi, Yagami, Kei, Mutsuga, Masato
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Case Report Case reports constrictive pericarditis Cysts Diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Echocardiography, Doppler Hemorrhage Hemorrhage - complications Hemorrhage - diagnosis hemorrhagic pericardial cyst Humans Internal medicine Male Mediastinal Cyst - complications Mediastinal Cyst - diagnosis Pericarditis Pericarditis, Constrictive - diagnosis Pericarditis, Constrictive - etiology Pericardium - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Pericardial cysts are rare abnormalities and are usually asymptomatic. Although several case reports on their diagnosis and treatment have been published, those on hemorrhagic pericardial cysts remain limited. We herein report the case of a 70-year-old man with a hemorrhagic pericardial cyst complicated with constrictive pericarditis 2 years after the initial diagnosis.
ISSN:	0918-2918 1349-7235 1349-7235
DOI:	10.2169/internalmedicine.1047-18